Question: I am updating the Valencia County Extension Master Gardener brochure on trees. How do I access the new recommended trees for climate change? I would like to include them in the brochure. Zena K., Los Lunas

GRANTS, N.M. – The Grants/Cibola County School District board held their final session for 2020 on Dec. 15. Superintendent Max Perez reported good news, fewer positive cases of COVID-19 documented in the past two weeks, and bad news.

GRANTS, N.M. – The Grants Public Library advisory board discussed how COVID-19 has affected patron services at their Dec. 14 meeting. City officials closed the building to public access on Nov. 23, according to Director Nadine Jiron.

LAGUNA, N.M. – U.S. Representative Debra Haaland, a daughter of Laguna Pueblo, entered the United States Congress in 2018 and was one of the first two Native American women elected to the high office that year. Now, Representative Haaland is set to make history as the first Native American woman to run the U.S. Department of the Interior.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Whenever a New Mexican is elevated to a high national position, you want to congratulate him or her, but when Presidentelect Biden today picked Representative Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary, it’s hard to see a bright spot for our state because of her extreme position on energy. Biden’s pick confirms that he plans to systematically take apart our important oil and gas industry.

Grants, NM – Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nuclear Care Partners remains committed to continuous care and reducing the risk of exposure for our patients. Now more than ever, Nuclear Care Partners’ inhome care services play a critical role in the health and safety of former Los Alamos National Lab, Sandia National Lab, and uranium workers—a vulnerable population filled with many who are facing various lung diseases and cancer as a result of their workplace exposure.